About the reserve

Newbiggin Pastures is managed as a patchwork of flower-rich traditional hay meadows, developing open woodland, and upland grassland. In time, we hope the six hectares of sparse juniper woodland that volunteers helped us plant will attract black grouse – it’s a part of their favoured habitat. Watch and listen for lapwings, curlews and wheatears in spring, spotted flycatchers in summer, ravens in autumn and barn owls in winter. Visit in summer to admire the wildflowers, including lady's mantle, eyebright, yellow rattle and agrimony.